ROMANS CHAPTER 11 _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 11: I. God's faithfulness to His people: Romans 11:1-6 II. The Stumbling of the Bulk of Israel: Romans 11:7-10 III. The Jewish Stumbling and Gentile Connection: Romans 11:11-32 A. Gentile blessing an incentive to th... [ Continue Reading ]
SAY THEN, DID GOD CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE? GOD FORBID. FOR. ALSO AM AN ISRAELITE, OF THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN. 'I say then' -'I ask then' (Gspd). 'Then' introduces the question as an inference from the whole previous discussion, especially Romans 10:19-21'. (Vincent p. 119) 'Paul'... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD DID NOT CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE WHICH HE FOREKNEW. OR KNOW YE NOT WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAITH OF ELIJAH? HOW HE PLEADETH WITH GOD AGAINST ISRAEL: "HIS PEOPLE" -'Again Paul repeats that God hasn't proven faithless to his people. The real question is: "Who are the people of God?". The quoting of the Bibl... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, THEY HAVE KILLED THY PROPHETS, THEY HAVE DIGGED DOWN THINE ALTARS; AND. AM LEFT ALONE, AND THEY SEEK MY LIFE. (1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 2:14) 'The Apostle (Paul), like the prophet, was lonely and persecuted and Israel as. whole seemed to have abandoned God..' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 676)... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHAT SAITH THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM?. HAVE LEFT FOR MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN, WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL. "THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM?" -another proof that the O.T. is the inspired word of God. (1 Kings 2:18). 'I HAVE LEFT FOR MYSELF' -to myself as my property, and for my service (M... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN SO THEN AT THIS PRESENT TIME ALSO THERE IS. REMNANT ACCORDING TO THE ELECTION OF GRACE. "EVEN SO" -'In the same way' (NASV) "AT THIS PRESENT TIME" -'Having made his point that 7001 constituted God's people in the days of Elijah, Paul makes the application to his day. The multitudes of Jews aro... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF IT IS BY GRACE, IT IS NO MORE OF WORKS: OTHERWISE GRACE IS NO MORE GRACE. "NO MORE OF WORKS" -'it is no longer on the basis of works' (NASV) Point to Note: Remember, in the Book of Romans Paul isn't contrasting grace and obedience (Romans 4:1-5), rather he is contrasting grace and earning/me... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT THEN? THAT WHICH ISRAEL SEEKETH FOR, THAT HE OBTAINED NOT; BUT THE ELECTION OBTAINED IT, AND THE REST WERE HARDENED: "WHAT THEN" -'How are we to describe the present situation, if not in the painful language of verse 1?' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 677) 'Since God did not push Israel away (verse 1), what... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN, GOD GAVE THEM. SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE, AND EARS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HEAR, UNTO THIS VERY DAY. "AS IT IS WRITTEN" -Combination of Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 2:9. We should note that such 'hardening' didn't mean that people couldn't unde... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID SAITH, LET THEIR TABLE BE MADE. SNARE, AND. TRAP, AND. STUMBLINGBLOCK, AND. RECOMPENSE UNTO THEM:... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED, THAT THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND BOW THOU DOWN THEIR BACK ALWAYS. "DAVID SAITH". Psalms 69:22"Their table" was put for their religious food. Instead of being lead to Christ by the law (Galatians 3:24), they were entrapped by their blind adherence (or could we say stubborn); the... [ Continue Reading ]
SAY THEN, DID THEY STUMBLE THAT THEY MIGHT FALL? GOD FORBID: BUT BY THEIR FALL SALVATION IS COME UNTO THE GENTILES, TO PROVOKE THEM TO JEALOUSY. "DID THEY STUMBLE THAT THEY MIGHT FALL?" -'Have they stumbled irretrievably' (Wey); 'has their stumbling led to their absolute ruin' (Gspd) 'The contrast... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW IF THEIR FALL, IS THE RICHES OF THE WORLD, AND THEIR LOSS THE RICHES OF THE GENTILES; HOW MUCH MORE THEIR FULNESS? "THEIR FALL" -what happened when Jewish people rejected the gospel. "RICHES OF THE WORLD..RICHES OF THE GENTILES" -Gentiles benefited from Jewish rejection, in the sense that such... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. SPEAK TO YOU THAT ARE GENTILES. INASMUCH THEN AS. AM AN APOSTLE OF GENTILES,. GLORIFY MY MINISTRY; At this point Paul has something to say to the Gentiles. Apparently there was. real danger that some Gentile Christians had become arrogant concerning their inclusion and the Jewish exclusion. It... [ Continue Reading ]
IF BY ANY MEANS. MAY PROVOKE TO JEALOUSY THEM THAT ARE MY FLESH, AND MAY SAVE SOME OF THEM. "AND MAY SAVE SOME OF THEM" -"Some" is. key word here. Paul didn't agree with those that say God will bring every Jew to faith at some point in the future. Paul also disagrees with those that claim God made u... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM IS THE RECONCILING OF THE WORLD, WHAT SHALL THE RECEIVING OF THEM BE, BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD? "CASTING AWAY OF THEM" -"them" here refers to the unbelieving segment of the Jewish race, for God never did "cast away" "his people" (i.e. the section that manifested faith i... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF THE FIRSTFRUIT IS HOLY, SO IS THE LUMP: AND IF THE ROOT IS HOLY, SO ARE THE BRANCHES. "FIRSTFRUIT" -'if the first piece of dough be holy, the lump is also' (NASV); 'so is the whole mass' (TCNT). In Numbers 2:18. we find that the first portion of dough removed from the whole kneaded lump, whi... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF SOME OF THE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF, AND THOU, BEING. WILD OLIVE, WAST GRAFTED IN AMONG THEM, AND DIDST BECOME PARTAKER WITH THEM OF THE ROOT OF THE FATNESS OF THE OLIVE TREE; "SOME OF THE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF" -i.e. Jews that rejected the gospel (Romans 11:20). These were the 'sons of t... [ Continue Reading ]
GLORY NOT OVER THE BRANCHES: BUT IF THOU GLORIEST, IT IS NOT THOU THAT BEAREST THE ROOT, BUT THE ROOT THEE. "GLORY NOT" -'do not be uplifted in pride over' (Bas); 'don't let yourself feel superior to those former branches' (Phi) The Gentile believers must not yield to the temptation to look down up... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU WILT SAY THEN, BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF, THAT. MIGHT BE GRAFTED IN. "THOU WILT SAY THEN" -'The presumptuous Gentile persists. "It is not to the root. compare myself, but branches were broken off..that surely involves some superiority in me."' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 680)... [ Continue Reading ]
WELL; BY THEIR UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, AND THOU STANDEST BY THY FAITH. BE NOT HIGHMINDED, BUT FEAR: "WELL" -'Quite right' (NASV). Some of the natural branches were broken off. But it wasn't. matter of superiority vs. inferiority. (You see, this is the very mistake that many of the Jewish peop... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES, NEITHER WILL HE SPARE THEE. 'This shows conclusively that Christians may conduct themselves in such way as to sever themselves from God's favor.' (Whiteside p. 235) The argument is strong. 'As far as comparisons can be made at all in such things, the Jew... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD THEN THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD: TOWARD THEM THAT FELL, SEVERITY; BUT TOWARD THEE, GOD'S GOODNESS, IF THOU CONTINUE IN HIS GOODNESS: OTHERWISE THOU ALSO SHALT BE CUT OFF. "BEHOLD" -'fix your gaze' (Mon); 'Consider both' (Mof) "GOODNESS" -'kindness' (NASV) "SEVERITY" -663. apotomia ap-... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY ALSO, IF THEY CONTINUE NOT IN THEIR UNBELIEF, SHALL BE GRAFTED IN: FOR GOD IS ABLE TO GRAFT THEM IN AGAIN. "THEY ALSO" -i.e. unbelieving Jews. As long as people have life, they can be saved, if only they abandon their unbelief. _ Note: God is waiting with open arms to all that abandon thei... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THOU WAST CUT OUT OF THAT WHICH IS BY NATURE. WILD OLIVE TREE, AND WAST GRAFTED CONTRARY TO NATURE INTO. GOOD OLIVE TREE; HOW MUCH MORE SHALL THESE, WHICH ARE THE NATURAL BRANCHES, BE GRAFTED INTO THEIR OWN OLIVE TREE? "CONTRARY TO NATURE" -'The surprising thing is not that Jews can be brough... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. WOULD NOT, BRETHREN, HAVE YOU IGNORANT OF THIS MYSTERY, LEST YE BE WISE IN YOUR OWN CONCEITS, THAT. HARDENING IN PART HATH BEFALLEN ISRAEL, UNTIL THE FULNESS OF THE GENTILES BE COME IN; "FOR. WOULD NOT...HAVE YOU IGNORANT" -Paul wanted his hearers to be informed. (1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SO ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED: EVEN AS IT IS WRITTEN, THERE SHALL COME OUT OF ZION THE DELIVERER; HE SHALL TURN AWAY UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB: "AND SO" -'So' is an adverb of manner; it is here. translation of. Greek word, which means, "in this way (manner), so, under these circumstances.' (Whitesid... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS IS MY COVENANT UNTO THEM, WHEN. SHALL TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS. This sounds. lot like Jeremiah 2:33. The Premillennialists deny that the New Covenant of Jeremiah 2:31 ff is now current. In his book the Millennial Kingdom, John Walvoord stresses the yet future establishment of the Jeremiah cove... [ Continue Reading ]
AS TOUCHING THE GOSPEL, THEY ARE ENEMIES FOR YOUR SAKE: BUT AS TOUCHING THE ELECTION, THEY ARE BELOVED FOR THE FATHERS' SAKE. "AS TOUCHING THE GOSPEL" -'From the stand-point of the Good News' (TCNT); 'From the stand-point of the gospel' (NASV) "THEY" -not all Jews, but only the Jews that refused to... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING OF GOD ARE NOT REPENTED OF. "FOR" -may explain how unbelieving Jews can still be labeled as 'beloved'. God still holds the door open to their being saved. He promised them salvation on the basis of faith, many of them rejected it, and yet, God still holds out the offer.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR AS YE IN TIME PAST WERE DISOBEDIENT TO GOD, BUT NOW HAVE OBTAINED MERCY BY THEIR DISOBEDIENCE, "YE" -i.e. Gentiles who were once disobedient. (Ephesians 2:1-3;11-13; Colossians 1:21; Titus 3:3; 1 Corinthians 6:9). Just about the time you think that you can't change, re-read many of these passage... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN SO HAVE THESE ALSO NOW BEEN DISOBEDIENT, THAT BY THE MERCY SHOWN TO YOU THEY ALSO MAY NOW OBTAIN MERCY. "THEY ALSO MAY NOW OBTAIN MERCY" -Paul has explained the psychology of this in Romans 11:13-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR GOD HATH SHUT UP ALL UNTO DISOBEDIENCE, THAT HE MIGHT HAVE MERCY UPON ALL. "SHUT UP" -4788. sugkleio soong-kli'-o; from 4862 and 2808; to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in. common subjection to: -conclude, inclose, shut up. 'We are not to understand by such phrases that Go... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 11:33. THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES BOTH OF THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD! HOW UNSEARCHABLE ARE HIS JUDGMENTS, AND HIS WAYS PAST TRACING OUT! As Paul now looks back upon the last 11 Chapter s, of the themes he has discussed and how God has brought salvation to both Jews and Gentiles, and ho... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? "For" -here is why God's ways (His methods in accomplishing His plans), are many times impossible to track. 'Surely God's ways are "past tracing out", for, to quote from the Old Testament, no one has been his... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 11:35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? From Job 2:11. 'Or who has advanced anything to him' (Gspd); 'So as to receive payment in return' (Mon) 'Who has by his services, laid God under obligation to recompense or pay him again?' (Barnes p. 266)... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR OF HIM, AND THROUGH HIM, AND UNTO HIM, ARE ALL THINGS. TO HIM BE THE GLORY FOR EVER. AMEN. This last statement confirms the truth of man's absolute dependance on God. "FOR OF HIM" -proceeding from, as the Source. God is the source of all things (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16). "THROUGH HIM" -by m... [ Continue Reading ]